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John Rupert Firth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

R. H. Robins
R. H. Robins*
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University of London
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Language , Volume 37 , Issue 2: April-June , June 1961 , pp. 191 - 200
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Copyright © 1961 Linguistic Society of America

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